Tag: Gujarat

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IAF Jaguar crashes in Kutch, pilot dies

Jamnagar: An Indian Air Force (IAF) Jaguar crashed near Kutch in Gujarat on Tuesday, killing its pilot, an official said. An IAF spokesperson said the aircraft was on a routine training mission when it met with the accident at Jamnagar around 10.30 a.m. “The pilot, Air Commodore Sanjay Chauhan, sustained fatal injuries during the crash,” […]

  • Wednesday, 07 July 2021
27 die as truck falls into water channel

Bhavnagar: At least 27 persons, mostly women and children, were killed on Tuesday when a truck fell into a water channel in Bhavnagar district in Gujarat. The accident occurred near Ranghola village on the Bhavnagar-Rajkot highway, when the truck ferrying around 60 people enroute to a wedding, plunged 20 feet into the water channel. Those […]

  • Wednesday, 07 July 2021
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SC stays ban on 'Padmaavat' release in 3 states

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the operation of orders banning the release of the film “Padmaavat” by the Gujarat, Rajasthan and Haryana governments. Staying the “notifications and orders” banning the release of the controversial film by the three states, a bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice A.M. Khanwilklar and Justice D.Y. […]

  • Wednesday, 07 July 2021
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'Padmaavat' producers move SC against ban by some states

New Delhi: The Supreme Court is likely to hear on Thursday a plea by the producers of “Padmaavat” challenging the ban on the controversial movie in Gujarat, Rajasthan and Haryana. When the producers’ counsel Mahesh Agrawal, mentioned the matter on Wednesday before a bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice A.M. Khanwilkar and Justice D.Y. Chandrachud […]

  • Wednesday, 07 July 2021
Mevani's rally in Delhi despite no police permission

New Delhi: Scores of people gathered around the barricaded Parliament Street in the heart of Delhi on Tuesday for a protest march planned by Gujarat MLA and Dalit leader Jignesh Mevani even as police denied permission for the event. “No permission has been given to anyone (to hold a rally),” Joint Commissioner of Police Ajay Chaudhary […]

  • Wednesday, 07 July 2021
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Rupani takes oath as Gujarat CM

Gandhinagar: Vijay Rupani on Tuesday took oath as the Chief Minister of Gujarat for a second stint after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won the state assembly elections for the sixth time in a row. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah, along with other key leaders of the party and Chief Ministers […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
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NOTA gets 2.5 times more votes than AAP in Gujarat

New Delhi: NOTA (None of the Above) option got 2.5 times more votes than the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in the 29 seats that the party contested in Gujarat, according to an election result analysis by IANS. The NOTA is an option in the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and by registering a vote under NOTA, […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
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Cyclone 'Ockhi' to make landfall by midnight in Gujarat

Gandhinagar: Gujarat is geared “for the worst situation” as cyclone Ochki, that left a trail of destruction in Tamil Nadu and Kerala, is expected to make landfall near Surat by Tuesday midnight, officials said. The authorities have closed schools in the region till Wednesday. The Coast Guard has called back around 13,000 fishing boats that […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
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Jignesh Mevani to contest in Gujarat polls from Vadgam as independent

Gandhinagar: Dalit leader Jignesh Mevani on Monday announced he will contest the Gujarat Assembly elections as independent candidate from Vadgam constituency in Banaskantha district. The Rashtriya Dalit Adhikar Manch leader, social activist and lawyer made the announcement on his Twitter handle, hours after the opposition Congress declared its third list of 76 candidates, which failed […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
Winter session of Parliament likely from Dec 15

New Delhi: The government is considering calling the winter session of Parliament from December 15 after completion of polling in Gujarat in the Assembly elections and the dates would be out once the Presidential nod is secured for an ordinance on the Insolvency and Bankruptcy code. The Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs, chaired by Union […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
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Gujarat polls: Congress declares first list of 77 candidates

Gandinagar: The Congress declared its first list of 77 candidates, which included one PAAS leader, for the first phase of Gujarat assembly elections on December 9 here on Sunday. The party’s Central Election Committee finalised the list, as per which senior leader and sitting MLA from Abdasa, Shaktisinh Gohil, has been fielded for Mandvi seat. […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
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Gujarat poll: BJP names 36 candidates in second list

Ahmedabad: The Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday evening announced its second list of 36 candidates for the Gujarat Assembly elections. There are as many as 19 new faces in it while the rest, including those defeated in the 2012 elections, have been repeated. The party leadership decided to drop three sitting legislators and fielded new […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
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No room for politics in national security, Ahmed Patel tells Rajnath

New Delhi: Politicians should rise above political differences in matters of national security, senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel has told Home Minister Rajnath Singh while demanding “impartial” and “objective” investigation into the arrest of two alleged IS operatives in Gujarat. “I wish to bring to your notice the recent reports of arrest of IS (Islamic […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
Ro-Ro ferry a landmark in South-East Asia: PM Modi

Bhavnagar (Gujarat): First of its kind in India, the first phase of a 31-km Ghogha-Dahej ‘roll-on, roll-off’ (Ro-Ro) ferry service was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi here on Sunday. He referred it to be a “landmark project for entire South-East Asia”. The Rs 650-crore service links Ghogha in Bhavnagar district in western Gujarat’s Saurashtra […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
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Himachal polls on Nov 9, Gujarat date later

New Delhi: Assembly polls in Congress-ruled Himachal Pradesh will be held on November 9, the Election Commission announced on Thursday, but gave no dates for BJP-governed Gujarat whose assembly term also ends in January. The result for the election in Himachal Pradesh will be announced on December 18. Announcing the schedule, Chief Election Commissioner A.K. Joti […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
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